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# CreateFaceDatabase

Creates a new, empty, database to store faces for face recognition.

Type: synchronous

Parameter | Description | Required
--- | --- | ---
`database` | The name for the new database (maximum 254 bytes). | Yes
`finetuning` | (Boolean, default `false`) Specifies whether to enable fine-tuning. If you set this parameter to `TRUE`: You can use the action FinetuneFaceDatabase to improve recognition accuracy. You cannot move faces between this new database and other databases. The face descriptors stored by Media Server in the training database require significantly more space (1.5KB per face). | No

## Example

The following example creates an empty database named `politicians`.

    /action=CreateFaceDatabase&database=politicians

## Response

    <autnresponse>
      <action>CREATEFACEDATABASE</action>
      <response>SUCCESS</response>
      <responsedata></responsedata>
    </autnresponse>

## See Also

To add faces to the database, use the action NewFace.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Media Server 25.1

Topic Title: CreateFaceDatabase